Loophole in logic

Published: Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 08:00 AM.

The president and the anti-gun lobby want to make criminals out of people who purchase their guns legally. The president and his anti-gun supporters have made the statement that “40 percent of gun sales occur between private parties.” Really? If the sales are private, how do they come up with this figure? The government would make villains of those who attend legal gun shows. They imply that this is where criminals purchase their firearms.

I have been to many gun shows. The majority of gun sales at these shows are by registered dealers. It is doubtful, in this day and age, with video cameras everywhere, that someone going to commit a crime is going to be seen in public buying a gun. They steal them. These shows are LEGAL.

Why doesn’t the government come out and say what it wants? It wants to control ALL the guns and it has chosen the assault rifle as a start. Next the government will declare mere possession of legally purchased guns and magazines a crime. Will it then come into our homes to confiscate these legally purchased items? Will legal owners be forced to surrender personal property?

Gun violence is a problem. Attacking and violating the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens is not the solution.

WALT EISENBROWN Panama City

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The president and the anti-gun lobby want to make criminals out of people who purchase their guns legally. The president and his anti-gun supporters have made the statement that “40 percent of gun sales occur between private parties.” Really? If the sales are private, how do they come up with this figure? The government would make villains of those who attend legal gun shows. They imply that this is where criminals purchase their firearms.

I have been to many gun shows. The majority of gun sales at these shows are by registered dealers. It is doubtful, in this day and age, with video cameras everywhere, that someone going to commit a crime is going to be seen in public buying a gun. They steal them. These shows are LEGAL.

Why doesn’t the government come out and say what it wants? It wants to control ALL the guns and it has chosen the assault rifle as a start. Next the government will declare mere possession of legally purchased guns and magazines a crime. Will it then come into our homes to confiscate these legally purchased items? Will legal owners be forced to surrender personal property?

Gun violence is a problem. Attacking and violating the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens is not the solution.